Actually, when I talk to people who teach or TA at other universities, they tell me that Harvard's policies are comparably harsh. If you plagiarize a paper at m

Actually, when I talk to people who teach or TA at other universities, they tell me that Harvard's policies are comparably harsh. If you plagiarize a paper at many universities, you are likely to get a zero for the assignment. That means that you might lose a letter grade in one class. At Harvard, professors were until recently required to report students to the Ad Board which generally led to being forced to withdraw.